Dave Gingerich
Where do you want to go today?
Straight to hell, apparently.
The other day I saw another Microsoft commercial on TV: sublime choral=20
music drifts through the background as the unseen user surfs through the=20
Internet and various Microsoft content using Internet Explorer. The=20
commercial closes with the Microsoft slogan "Where do you want to go=20
today?" and a final, furious blast of music. It's a very cool effect. But=20
if you dig a little deeper...
As it turns out, the background music is the Dies Irae of Mozart's=20
Requiem Mass. And the words of the final blast of music which accompanies=20
"Where do you want to go today?" are actually "confutatis maledictis,=20
flammis acribus addictis..." In English: "When the damned are confounded,=20
and consigned to sharp flames..."; which describes exactly where I want=20
to go today.
Unfortunately, while Explorer will take you to hell for free, the upgrade=20
to purgatory is pretty steep.